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     1.4 +Dear Sakura
     1.5 +by Amazoness Duo and G.P.
     1.6 +amazonessduo@hotmail.com
     1.7 +pearsong1954@yahoo.com
     1.8 +
     1.9 +Dear Tomoyo-chan,
    1.10 +
    1.11 +When angels descend and dreams come to earth, our hearts are touched
    1.12 +with a heavenly fire. At your most lovely wedding, I was blessed with
    1.13 +a greater happiness than ever seemed possible. There I saw a sight
    1.14 +even the Seven Sages might envy: surely the two most beautiful brides
    1.15 +to ever grace so solemn a betrothal. Sakura-chan was delightfully
    1.16 +nervous at first, making a most exquisite blushing bride. But seeing
    1.17 +her beloved, she glowed with a luminous ecstasy that seemed somehow
    1.18 +out of place so far away from the Celestial Realms. Her happiness
    1.19 +warmed the hearts of all who witnessed it, and left us with the
    1.20 +precious hope that perhaps someday, some portion of such bliss might
    1.21 +be ours. Mother once told me this is Sakura-chan’s true magic: that
    1.22 +she gently touches the innermost feelings of all those blessed with
    1.23 +meeting her. I felt that enchantment as never before when she gazed
    1.24 +into the eyes of her adoring Tomoyo-chan.
    1.25 +
    1.26 +How sad that all the great poets of all time, and all the great
    1.27 +artists that ever were, could never hope to capture the resplendence
    1.28 +of the unearthly woman I saw with Sakura-chan. Your loveliness had
    1.29 +lingered in my heart since last we met, but so dazzling was the
    1.30 +beauty before me that I could only stare, transfixed in wonder. Words
    1.31 +are my sorry servants, who clumsily convey to you the sweet pain it
    1.32 +was to gaze upon so gorgeous a bride. It is said that to view a
    1.33 +goddess on earth is to be struck with a passionate longing that no
    1.34 +worldly joy can quench. I have seen two such divinities, and if the
    1.35 +price I pay is a yearning heart that will not heal, still I deem
    1.36 +myself graced with the memories. When bride kissed bride, I was
    1.37 +lifted on shimmering wings to a rapture beyond all care and pain.
    1.38 +That moment shall be a remembrance: a treasure to carry for all of my
    1.39 +life.
    1.40 +
    1.41 +So, thank you for inviting me to your wedding. I was honored to
    1.42 +attend as representative of the House of Li, and very much pleased to
    1.43 +come as your friend. Please thank Sonomi-sama for her gracious
    1.44 +hospitality. I was a little nervous at first, knowing there had been
    1.45 +much hurt brought about by my family to yours. But her charming
    1.46 +consideration as a hostess made me feel as if I were the long lost
    1.47 +Daidouji Fanren. And thank you for taking me out with your family.
    1.48 +That night of dancing was like a dream. I think your Mother is the
    1.49 +finest dancer of us all, for she blends the energy and enthusiasm of
    1.50 +Sakura-chan with the effortless grace of Tomoyo-chan. To be in the
    1.51 +presence of such loveliness as the three of you was sweetly
    1.52 +overwhelming, and an evening I shall always remember.
    1.53 +
    1.54 +Please know that Syaoran-chan seems quite content in his new life
    1.55 +with Meiling-chan. I would not mention this during my trip, lest it
    1.56 +bring bad luck for your cherished union, but they are now engaged and
    1.57 +shall be married next spring. Slow to forgive and slow to learn, he
    1.58 +has finally come to see that all has been for the best, and that his
    1.59 +ending will now be happier than ever he could have imagined. Though
    1.60 +he will not speak the words, he knows you will give to Sakura what he
    1.61 +could not, and in his heart wishes both of you well. Mother delighted
    1.62 +in the video of the wedding, and my sisters are frightfully jealous
    1.63 +that I went, which has pleased me to no end. 
    1.64 +
    1.65 +Thank you again for all your kindness and consideration during my
    1.66 +visit. Finally, I understand the wise words in your letters, and
    1.67 +seeing your happiness brings happiness to me as well. If ever a
    1.68 +gentle heart deserved such bliss, it is yours, dear Tomoyo-chan. You
    1.69 +and Sakura-chan will always be cherished in my heart. May your new
    1.70 +life be prosperous and long, and may the blessings and joys of the
    1.71 +Nine Heavens be with you all of your days.
    1.72 +
    1.73 +Love,
    1.74 +
    1.75 +Li Fanren 
    1.76 +